After a June false start, HIPs go live today
Home information packs (HIPs) will today go live today across England and Wales, where they will be compulsory for properties with four or more bedrooms.
Allied Surveyors chief warns MPC of \"market freefall\"
Ahead of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee decision on whether to raise interest rates further, which is scheduled to take place tomorrow, Robert…
Zero carbon training courses from BioRegional
Sustainable community specialists, BioRegional, have successfully run the first of a series of training courses aimed at helping developers get to grips with t…
No loopholes in HIPs - AHIPP
The association of home information pack providers (AHIPP) rebuffed claims the packs were bedevilled by loopholes, as they went live today.
CLG proposes new meaures to tackle dodgy construction
The department for Communities and Local Government has launched a consultation paper on measures aimed at giving local authority building control officers mor…
BRICKS QUICK
“As a timeless classic, brick is able to reinvent itself as a 21st century building material”
Pick and mix
Tim Palmer finds cement and mortar suppliers are improving the efficiency and flexibility of their products to meet housebuilders’ environmental performance ne…
FACE to FACE
We need our buildings to perform better as we prepare to operate in a low energy society
Get on board
ConstructionSkills will this month begin releasing £140 million in funding for companies’ 2007/08 training initiatives. Get your bids in early, advises head of…
Personal development
Industry consolidation is driving the growth in new businesses kick-started by entrepreneurial former employees, reports Adrian Willet, md of G&C Finance
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